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NBA BACK!

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

The cast is back to give us another season of the drama.

Will Dallas defend their title all the way to a repeat? Will Miami break thru to the promised land and give King James some credibility? Let’s not forget about Darth Kobe either.

Sure the owners put the players further under their thumb, but this is America and that is how we roll. Billionaires over millionaires.

Now on to important business…

Renaming the New Jersey Nets the Brooklyn ROYALES (roy-ALS)

Zwarte Vrijdag Means Black Friday…

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

I hit the streets for the first ever midnight run on Black Friday. In my lifetime alone we’ve gone from 10am to 8am to 6am to 4am ‘Door Buster Specials’ and now that capitalism is on its last legs they’ve decided to send in the hounds starting at 12am.

Black Friday also coincides with the time of the year when Nike really wants to turn those pants pockets into rabbit ears. If Jordan was a fourth quarter assassin then the Nike brand is the 4th quarter blitzreig. The first salvo were the Black Cements and the Tim Duncan Foamposites. The final bomb before Christmas will be the Air Jordan ‘Concords‘.

Just wait until you see that video…

SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Friday, November 25th, 2011

If you are one of the lucky people to have picked up a pair of ‘Black Cement’ 3s this weekend you might would consider topping that shoe off with an official DP.com chapaeu.

I got the all over black cement joint with the red accent and the black and grey cement piping with SFU embroidered in the back panel. Either joint is $30 shipped to you in the continental U.S. and $42 anywhere else.

Both hats are New Era fitted 7 3/4.

If you want to copp just hit up Pra’Li and leave a note for the hat(s) you want.

Lutheran School Lifestyle…

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

The Lutheran school that Mr. Penn sent me to for grade school and junior high is definitely where I formed all my social political ideas. Lutherans were on some shit where they wanted everyone to be literate and comprehensive. Their formation in Europe was around the printing press and the access to information this gave everyone.

The other thing I developed during my years at St.John’s Lutheran was an affinity for the oxblood colorway. Burgundy and grey are those classic prep school tones. Oxblood and navy is simply clean and smooth in autumn. The base for this ‘fit are the leather toe Rod Lavers.

The socks are a gift from BigNat and the scarf comes from JaiSlayer.

Thanks internets, Mr.Penn would have approved of this swag

All Black Everything…

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

Black Friday is upon us again Internets [ll].

Black people should reflect upon the fact that the day in which this country does the most commerce is the ONLY time something Black in AmeriKKKa is great.

I should’a been in Atlanta with Momdukes for the holiday, or at least for when SneakerCON pops off their first event in Atlanta.

But I’m up top tho’.

GRINDING. ha.

Grinding to a halt is what.

I’m gonna hit the lineups for the midnite release of the Air Jordan ‘Black Cement’ retro 3s and the Nike Air Total Max Foamposite.



Why do we call these 3s the ‘Black Cements’ when that print pattern is more elephant than anything? We should be smarter than to just follow the herd.

I am fuxing with the all black ‘Duncan’s’ tho’. The $200 pricetag feels a bit prohibitive right now after losing my phone this week but I’m also a hypebeast at heart.

Let’s see if I get caught up in the hype and copp either of these classic joints tomorrow. Or should I just stay my ass home and give up the hunt and the hype?